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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9600-2004Apr13.html
U.S. Girds to Confront Radical Cleric in Iraq
(Washington Post) U.S. troops massed Tuesday near the Iraqi city of Najaf for a confrontation with Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr. West of Baghdad, four mutilated bodies were found near the spot where seven American civilians employed by Halliburton Co. disappeared Friday during an attack on a supply convoy. The occupation authority said 40 hostages from 12 countries were known to be held by Iraqi insurgents. At least 83 U.S. troops have been killed in action in the first 12 days of April, and more than 560 have been wounded.